Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Melda Kunduk Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor

Louisiana State University

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

79 Hatcher Hall, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803

mkunduk@lsu.edu O: (225) 578 3930, F: (225) 568 2995

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2004 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

1990 MsC. City University, London/UK, Human Communication

1982 B.s.C Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Child Education and

Development

GRANTING AND FUNDING ACTIVITY

Funded:

LSU-College of Humanities and Social Sciences Manship Research Funding– P.I.

Funded 17/1/2013, $8000

Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Support Grant– P.I. Quantifying effects of age and gender on vocal fold vibration by using high–speed digital imaging and

Phonovibrogram,

Funded 7/1/2010-7/1/2014(no cost extension), $95,295

Louisiana Board of Regents / Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

(EBSCoR)-Co-P.I.

Towards the Commercialization of a Phonatory Feedback Device for Individuals with Speech Disorders:

Second-Generation Prototype Development.

Funded 7/1/2011-7/1/2012, $20,000

LSU-College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Funding– P.I.

Differential diagnosis of adductor spasmodic dysphonia and voice tremor using high-speed digital

imaging and Phonovibrography.

Funded, 7/1/2011-8/1/2011, $9,000

LSU- Faculty Research Grant Program-P.I. Towards the Computer-Aided Diagnostics of Voice Disorders; Gaining Data on Age and Gender Effects

on Vocal Fold Dynamics Using High-Speed Laryngoscopy and Phonovibrograms.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

Funded 7/1/2008-7/1/2009, $10,000

LSU- Summer Stipend Program Award-P.I. Identifying Normative Data of Vocal Fold Dynamics in Healthy Female Subjects by High- Speed Digital

Imaging System and Pharyngovibrogram.

Funded 7/1/2008-7/1/2009, $5,000

Our lady of Lake Regional Medical Center-Intern Funding for a LSU-COMD /PhD student-P.I.

2010-2012, (PhD student: Allison Gish), $30,000

Our lady of Lake Regional Medical Center-Intern Funding for a LSU-COMD /PhD student-P.I .

2007-2012, (PhD student: Aneesha Virani), $54,000

Applied in 2014 BUT Not Funded:

NIH- Explaroty/Development Research Grant (R21) -PI Voice Initiation and Offset Periods Investigated by High-speed Digital Imaging: Determining

Their Role in Assessment of Vocal Fold Function (submitted February 17, 2013).

Total cost: $364,112

American Speech and-Language-Hearing Foundation, 2014 Clinical Research Grant;

Doers an Intensie Swallowing Exercise Regimen Starting prior to organ-Preservation Therapies

for Head and Neck Cancer improve Swallowing Function?, April15, 2014.

Total Cost: $73,000

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES – PUBLISHED, IN PRESS (* indicates student collaborator)

1. Yan Y., Ahmad K., Kunduk M., Bless D. Analysis of Vocal Fold Vibrations from High-

Speed Laryngeal Images Using a Hilbert Transform –Based Methodology. J. Voice,

2005, 9 ((2): 161-175.

2. Kunduk M., Yan Y., McWhorter, A., Bless D. Investigation of Voice Initiation and

Voice Offset Characteristics with High-Speed Digital Imaging. Logopedics Phoniatrics

Vocology, 2006 October; 31(3): 139-44.

3. Lohscheller J., Döllinger M., McWhorter A., Kunduk M. Quantitative Analysis of Vocal

Loading Effects on Vocal Fold dynamics Using Phonovibrograms. Ann Otol Rhinol

Laryngol, 2008 July; 117 (7): 484-93.

4. Döllinger M., Lohscheller J., McWhorter A., Kunduk M. Variability of Normal Vocal

Fold Dynamics for Different Vocal Loading Investigated by Phonovibrograms. J Voice,

2009, 23(2): 175-81.

5. LeBert B*., McWhorter AJ., Kunduk M., Hessel AC., Lewin JS., Hutcheson KA.,

Barringer DA., Walvekar RR., Holsinger C. Office-based Tracheoesophageal Puncture

with Transnasal Esophagoscopy in Total Laryngectomy Patients With or Without Free-

Flap Reconstruction. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 December; 135(12): 1190-

4.

6. Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. True Vocal Fold Nodules: The Role of Differential

Diagnosis. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 December; 17(6): 449-52.

Review.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

7. Durel J*., J Gaudet J., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Transoral Laser Microsurgery for

Malignancies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract. ORL Clinics: An International Journal.

2010 Jan; 2(1) 95-105. Review

8. Donovan NJ., Juengling-Sudkamp J*., Kunduk M. A Review of Health Behavior

Theories and Their Applicability to Dysphagia Treatment. Journal of Medical Speech and

Language pathology Health forum. Journal of Medical Speech Pathology, 2010, 18(1): 1-

12. Review.

9. Kunduk M., Döllinger M., McWhorter A., Lohscheller J. Assessment of the Variability

of Vocal Fold Dynamics Within and Between Recordings with High-Speed Imaging and

by Phonovibrogram. Laryngoscope, 2010 May; 120(5): 981-7.

10. Kunduk M., Appel K., Tunc M., Alanoglu Z., Alkis N., Dursun G., Ozgursoy O.

Preliminary Report of Laryngeal Phonation During Mechanical Ventilation Using the

BlomR Tracheostomy Tube with a fully inflated cuff” Respiratory Care, 2010 December;

55(12): 1661-1670.

11. Gish A*., Kunduk M., Simms L., McWhorter AJ. “Vocal Warm-Up Practices and

Perceptions in Vocalists: A Pilot Survey”. J Voice, 2012; 26(1), Pages e111-e116.

12. Blech A, Patel R., Kunduk M., Eysholdt U., Graf S. Clinical Analysis Methods of Voice

Disorders. Journal Current Bioinformatics (In press). Review.

13. Wei Z* de Queiroz M., Chen J*., Gunturk B., Kunduk M. A new Model of Vocal Fold

Vibrations: Preliminary Experimental Validation. In Proceedings of the 4th Annual

Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Arlington, VA. Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2011.

14. Zeithe A, Patel R., Kunduk M., Eysholdt U., Graf S. Clinical Analysis Methods of Voice

Disorders. Journal Current Bioinformatics, 2011 September, 6,(3):270-285(16.)Review.

15. Kunduk M., Doellinger M., McWhorter AJ.,Svec J., Lohscheller J. Surgical Treatment

of Polyps Investigated with High-Speed Videoendoscopy and Phonovibrography. Annals

of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 2012; 121: 355-363.

16. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Mitigation of Temporal Aliasing via Harmonic

Modeling of Laryngeal Waveforms in High-Speed Videoendoscopy. J Acoust Soc Am.

2012 Sep;132(3):1636-45.

17. Ikuma T. Kunduk M. McWhorter JA. Advanced waveform decomposition for high-

speed videoendoscopy analysis. J Voice. 2013 May; 27(3):369-75

18. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Preprocessing Techniques for High-Speed Videoendoscopy Analysis. J Voice. 2013 Jul; 27(4):500-5.

19. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Harmonics-to-Noise Ratios in Acoustic and

Glottal Area Waveforms: A Study of Breathy Vocal Quality. In Proceedings of the 10th

International Advanced Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, June 2-5,

2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

20. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Effects of frame rates and modeling window size

in objective analysis of high-speed videoendoscopy using harmonic models. In

Proceedings of the 10th

International Advanced Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and

Speech Research, June 2-5, 2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

21. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Bridging Between Glottal Area and Glottal

Width Waveforms via Haar Wavelet Transform. In Proceedings of the 10th

International

Advanced Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, June 2-5, 2013

Cincinnati, Ohio

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

22. Kunduk. M., Chen J*., McWhorter JA., Gunturk B. Effects of Pitch, Loudness and

Phonation Types on Voice Initiation and Offset Investigated with High-Speed

Videoendoscopy. In Proceedings of the 10th

International Advanced Quantitative

Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, June 2-5, 2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

23. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. . Objective Quantification of Pre- and

Postphonosurgery Vocal Fold Vibratory Characteristics Using High-Speed

Videoendoscopy and a Harmonic Waveform Model. Journal of Speech Language

Hearing Research, 2014,June Vol. 57, 743–757.

24. Virani A*., Kunduk M., Fink D., McWhorter AJ. Effects of two different swallowing

exercise regimens during organ-preservation therapies for head and neck cancers on

swallowing function. Head Neck. 2015 Feb;37(2):162-70. doi: 10.1002/hed.23570. Epub

2014 Mar 17.

25. Unger J., Dietmar JH., Kunduk M., Schuster M., Schick B., Lohscheller J. Quantifying

spatiotemporal Properties of Vocal Fold Dynamics based on a Multiscale Analysis of

Phonovibrograms, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2014 Sep;61(9):2422-33. doi:

10.1109/TBME.2014.2318774. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

26. Fink DS., Peña S., Hanby D., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ.Repair of pharyngocutaneous

fistula after total laryngectomy: A novel endoscopic approach. Head Neck. 2014 Oct 28.

doi: 10.1002/hed.23911. [Epub ahead of print].

Submitted:

Parameter Sensitivities of High-Speed Videoendoscopy Objective Analysis Using

Harmonic Models. Takeshi Ikuma, Melda Kunduk ,Andrew J. McWhorter.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

. 1. Loehn B., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Advacnced Cancer Larynx, Chapter 122. In Head

and Neck Surgery- Otolaryngology, 5th Edition, 2014. Eds. Bailey BJ. & Johnson JY.

Lippincott Williams&Wilkins

2. Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Tracheo-esophageal Puncture Chapter 96, in Total

Otolaryngology, 2015. (Eds) Anthony P. Sclafani. Thieme Publishers. New York, NY.

3. Samlan R., Kunduk M. Visual Documentation of Larynx, Chapter 57.Cummings/

Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Sixth Edition, 2015. (Eds) Paul W. Flint, MD,

Bruce H. Haughey, MBChB, FACS, FRACS, Mark A. Richardson, MD, K. Thomas

Robbins, MD, J. Regan Thomas, MD, John K. Niparko, MD, and Valerie Lund, MD.

Elsevier Publishing, 4. Arriaga M., Hall C., Nuss D., Kunduk M. Temporal Bone Resection. In; Salivary Gland

Tumors. (eds) Myers EN and Ferris R. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007.

5. Samlan R., Gartner-Schmidt J., Kunduk M. Visual Documentation of Larynx, Chapter

57.Cummings/ otolaryngology head and Neck Surgery, Fifth Edition. (Eds) Paul W. Flint,

MD, Bruce H. Haughey, MBChB, FACS, FRACS, Mark A. Richardson, MD, K. Thomas

Robbins, MD, J. Regan Thomas, MD, John K. Niparko, MD, and Valerie Lund, MD.

Elsevier Publishing, 2010.

6. Döllinger M., Lohscheller J., Svec J., McWhorter A., Kunduk M. Support Vector

Machine Classification of Vocal Fold Vibrations Based on Phonovibrogram Features.

Advances in Vibration Analysis Research, Ed: Farzad Ebrahimi, ISBN: 978-953-307-209-

8, Publisher: In Tech, 2011, 435-456.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

Online: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/support-vector-machine-

classification-of-vocal-fold-vibrations-based-on-phonovibrogram-features.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Oral/Platform Presentations

1. Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Direct evaluation of esophageal end of a tracheoesophageal

Puncture (TEP): its significance in TEP management. ASHA Convention

November 16-18, 2014, Orlando FL. 1 hour Seminar

2. Fink DS., Sibley H., Kunduk M., Schexnailder M., McWhorter AJ. Voice Outcomes

after Primary Trans-Oral Laser Microsurgery for Early Glottic Cancer. Fall Voice

Conference, October 23-25, 2014 San Antonio TX.

3. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Harmonics-to-Noise Ratios in Acoustic and

Glottal Area Waveforms: A Study of Breathy Vocal Quality. 10th

International Advanced

Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, June 2-5, 2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Direct evaluation of esophageal end of a tracheoesophageal

Puncture (TEP): its significance in TEP management. ASHA Convention

November 16-18, 2014, Orlando FL. 1 hour Seminar

4. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Bridging Between Glottal Area and Glottal

Width Waveforms via Haar Wavelet Transform. 10th

International Advanced

Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, June 2-5, 2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

5. Kunduk. M., Chen J*., McWhorter JA., Gunturk B. Effects of Pitch, Loudness and

Phonation Types on Voice Initiation and Offset Investigated with High-Speed

Videoendoscopy. International Advanced Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech

Research, June 2-5, 2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

6. Virani A. Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Effects of Performing Two Different Prophylactic

Swallowing Exercise Protocols on Swallowing Outcomes Post-Chemoradiation .Twenty-

first Annual Dysphagia Research Society Meeting in Seattle, Washington from March

14-16, 2013

7. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. High-speed digital imaging and the

influence of frame rates on endoscopic parameters in assessing vocal fold vibratory

function. NYU Fall Voice Conference, October 4-6, 2012, New York.

8. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. A laryngeal waveform model to describe

vibratory characteristics in benign lesions of vocal folds obtained with high-speed

videoendoscopy. 41th Annual Symposium: Care of Proffesional Voice, Phildelphia,

May30-June 3 1-5, 2012.

9. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Quick Vibratory Profile of High-Speed

Videoendoscopy (HSV) Data and Its Applications. 41th Annual Symposium: Care of

Proffesional Voice, Phildelphia, May30-June3 1-5, 2012.

10. Kunduk M Chen J.,McWhorter AJ., Gunturk B. Investigation of Voice Offset

Characteristics in Young Females with High-Speed Digital Imaging. 41th Annual

Symposium: Care of Proffesional Voice, Phildelphia, May30-June3 1-5, 2012.

11. Luegmair G*., Kunduk M., Deliyski D., Doellhnger M. Effects of Temporal Resolution

on Objectively Assessed Vocal Fold Parameters via High-Speed Imaging. 40th Annual

Symposium: Care of Proffesional Voice, Phildelphia, June 1-5, 2011.

12. Kunduk M., Chen J*., McWhorter AJ., Li B., Guntur B. Investigation of Voice Initiation

Characteristics in Young Females with High-Speed Digital Imaging. 9th

International

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

Conference on Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research,

September 10-11, 2010 Erlangen, Germany.

13. Gish A*., Kunduk M., Simms L., McWhorter AJ. “Vocal Warm-Up Practices and

Perceptions in Vocalists: A Pilot Survey”. Voice Foundation-Care of Professional Voice

Meeting, June 2-6, 2010.

14. Kunduk M., Döllinger M., McWhorter A., Lohscheller J. Assessment of the Variability

of Vocal Fold Dynamics Within and Between Recordings with High-Speed Imaging and

by Phonovibrogram. Combined Otolaryngology Societies Meeting (COSM) Phoenix AZ,

May 2009.

15. LeBert B*., McWhorter AJ., Kunduk M., Hessel AC., Lewin JS., Hutcheson KA.,

Barringer DA., Walvekar RR., Holsinger C. Office-based Tracheoesophageal Puncture

with Transnasal Esophagoscopy in Total Laryngectomy Patients With or Without Free-

Flap Reconstruction. Combined Otolaryngology Societies Meeting (COSM) Phoenix AZ,

May 2009.

16. Virani A*., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Investigating Voice Outcomes Following

Repeated Surgeries for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis. American Speech-

Language and Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, November 20-22, 2008.

17. Kunduk M., Lohscheller J., McWhorter AJ., Döllinger M. Effects of Pitch and Intensity

Variations on Normal Vocal Fold Dynamics Detected by PVG analysis. UCSF,Voice

Conference. October 16-18, 2008.

18. Kunduk M., Appel K. Laryngeal Phonation during Mechanical Ventilation Through a

Cuffed Tracheostomy Tube. American Speech and Hearing Association Convention

Boston, November 14-17, 2007.

19. Lohscheller J., Doellinger M., McWhorter AJ., Kunduk M. The Impact of Vocal

Loading on Vocal Fold Vibratory Characteristics Investigated by Phonovibrograms. Care

of Proffesional Voice Symposium, Phildelphia May 29-June 2, 2007

20. Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ., Yan Y. Comparison of Vocal Fold Vibratory

Characteristics between Videostroboscopy and High Speed Digital Imaging. Care of

Proffesional Voice Symposium, Phildelphia May 29-June 2, 2007.

21. Kunduk M., Bonnet A*., McWhorter AJ., Benninger M., Yan Y. Effects of

Menstruation on Vocal Fold Vibratory Characteristics: Investigation with High Speed

Digital Imaging. Care of Proffesional Voice Symposium, Phildelphia May 29-June 2,

2007.

22. Yun Y., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. The Vocal Folds’ Vibratory Characteristics in

Voice Tremor and Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Investigated with High-Speed Digital

Imaging. Care of Proffesional Voice Symposium, Phildelphia May 29-June2, 2007.

23. Yan Y., McWhorter A., Kunduk M. The Vocal Folds’ Vibratory Characteristics in

Voice Tremor and Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Investigated with High-Speed Digital

Imaging. The 5th International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics

Variations across Cultures and Species July 12--14 2006, Tokyo, Japan.

24. Kunduk M., Yan Y., McWhorter., A Bless D. Investigation of Voice initiation and

Voice Offset Characteristics with High-Speed Digital Imaging. PEVOC Conference,

London /UK. August 31-September 3, 2005.

25. Kunduk M. Muscle Tension Dysphonia and its Treatment. Louisiana Speech and

Hearing Association Convention. New Orleans, June 10-11, 2005.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

26. Kunduk M. New Imaging Techniques of Vocal Fold Vibrations Louisiana Speech and

Hearing Association Convention. New Orleans, June 10-11, 2005.

27. Kunduk M., Bless D., McWhorter A., Yan Y. High Speed Digital Imaging: Clinical and

Research Application. UCSF Voice Conference, San Francisco, October 21-23, 2004.

28. Kunduk M., Hirano S., Bless D., Ahmed K., Ford C. Voice Initiation Patterns in Young

and Old Females. 33. Annual Symposium: Care of Professional Voice, Philadelphia. June

2-6, 2004.

Poster Presentations:

29. Virani A., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Effects of chemoradiation-treatments on

swallowing

function: Subjective vs. objective findings. ASHA Convention

November 16-18, 2014, Orlando FL.

30. Terry B, Fink D, Kunduk M, McWhorter A. Endoscopic Management of Combined

Laryngoceles: Case series and review of the literature. American Laryngological

Association Spring Meeting 2014.

31. Tran C, Fink DS, Kunduk M, McWhorter A. Minimally invasive management of

trachea-esophageal fistula with T-tube. American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head

and Neck Surgery Foundation, Annual Meeting & OTO Expo, September 29-October 2,

2013 Vancouver, BC, Canada.

32. Sutton C., Fink DS., Kunduk M., McWhorter A. Swallowing Outcomes after Salvage

Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM) for Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Annual

Meeting & OTO Expo, September 29-October 2, 2013 Vancouver, BC, Canada. 33. Ikuma T., Kunduk M., McWhorter JA. Effects of frame rates and modeling window size

in objective analysis of high-speed videoendoscopy using harmonic models. the 10th

International Advanced Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, June 2-5,

2013 Cincinnati, Ohio

34. Virani A*., Kunduk M. McWhorter AJ. Effects of Chemoradiation-treatments

On Swallowing Function: Subjective vs. Objective findings. ASHA Convention,

November 14-17, 2012 Atlanta, GA.

35. Chen J., Kunduk M ., Ikuma T., McWhorter AJ., Gunturk B. Glottal Axis Determination

Techniques and Their Effects on the Quantification of High-Speed Videoendoscopic

Parameters in Normal and Disordered Voices. 41th Annual Symposium: Care of

Proffesional Voice, Phildelphia, May 30-June3 1-5, 2012.

36. Kunduk M., Doelinger M., McWhorter AJ., Lohscheller J. Surgical Treatment of Polyps

Investigated with High-Speed Videoendoscopy and Phonovibrography. American

Laryngological Association poster session, Combined Otolaryngology Societies Meeting

(COSM), April 27-29 Chicago, 2011.

37. Virani A*., Kunduk M., Li B., McWhorter AJ. Effects of Behavioral Swallowing

Therapy on Feeding Outcomes in Treated Head and Neck Cancer Patients. American

Head and Neck Society, Poster session, Combined Otolaryngology Societies Meeting

(COSM), April 27-29 Chicago, 2011.

38. Lalande M., Virani A*., McWhorter AJ., Kunduk M. Dysphonia Patient Demographics,

Frequent Causes and Therapy Outcomes. American Speech and Hearing Association

Convention New Orleans, November 19-21, 2009.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

39. Virani A*., McWhorter AJ., Kunduk M. Dysphagia: Patient Demographics, Frequent

Causes and Swallowing Outcomes. American Speech and Hearing Association

Convention New Orleans, November 19-21, 2009.

40. Hanby DF*., McWhorter J A., Kunduk M. Repair of Pharyngocutaneous Fistula after

Total Laryngectomy: A Novel Endoscopic Approach. ABEA poster section, 2008

Combined Otolaryngology Societies Meeting (COSM) Orlando, Florida. Poster

AWARD: 3rd Place

41. Gaudet J*., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Transoral Laser Microsurgery in Treatment of

Recurrent Glottic and Supraglottic Laryngeal Carcinoma in Previously Irradiated Patients

COSM San Diego, May 2007.

42. Yan Y., Delmrose J., Kunduk M. Laryngeal Imaging and Analysis of the Glottal

Waveform. AAO-HNSF September 17-20, 2006 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

43. Kunduk M., Robbins J., Dengel G., Gill G., Heisey D. Quantying Vallecular Area

During Chin Down Posture. Poster session. Dysphagia Research Society Meeting,

Savannah, Georgia, October, 2000.

44. Kunduk M., Ford CN,, Bless D. Effects of Lidocaine injection on Hyperfunctional

Voice Disorders. Poster Session. ASHA Convention, San Francisco, November 1999.

Invited Speaker: Workshops/Lectures (Local/National/International)

1. Kunduk M. Esophageal Dysphagia from the SLP’s Perspective. Advanced Topics in

Surgical Voice Restoration: Re-Evaluating Swallowing & Voice in an Era of Organ

Preservation, August 8-9, 2014 Baltimore, MD.

2. Kunduk M. Dysphagia Treatment Strategies, June 6, 2014 Louisiana Speech Hearing

and Language Association (LSHA), Lafayette, LA

3. Kunduk M. High –Speed Digital Imaging and its Clinical Application, October 8, 2013,

Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology, University of Erlangen, Germany.

4. Kunduk M. Clinical Application of High-speed Digital Imaging. Salt Lake City, UT.

Phonosurgery Symposium, July 18-19, 2013.

5. Kunduk M. Evidence Based Treatment in Swallowing Disorders. 6th

Turkish National

Speech and Language Association Conference. Izmit, Turkey May 2-5, 2013

6. Kunduk M. Rehabilitation After Total Laryngectomy. 6th

Turkish National Speech and

Language Association Conference. Izmit, Turkey, May 2-5, 2013

7. Kunduk M. Management of Dysphagia in the Head and Neck Cancer Patient,

Evaluation and Treatment of Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Population Workshop,

Deep South Conference, Baton Rouge Speech Pathology Association. Baton Rouge, LA.

April 27, 2012

8. Kunduk M. Seminar on Assessment and Treatment of Dysphagia, January 12-14, 2012,

Anadolu University, DILKOM, Eskisehir, Turkey

9. Kunduk M. Dysphagia Treatment Techniques and Their Efficacy. 15th

Annual LBESPA

CE Workshop, April 16, 2011, Baton Rouge.

10. Mc Whorter A., Kunduk M,. Schnexaildre M. Assessment and Treatment of Benign

Lesions of Vocal Folds. Baton Rouge Area Speech-Language Pathology, March 19,

2011.

11. Kunduk M. Dysphagia. Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. Ankara, Turkey, May 22, 2010.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

12. Kunduk M. Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer. ENT Society of Eskisehir May 19,

2010.

13. Kunduk M. Seminar on Dysphagia. May 17-19, 2010. Dilkom, Anadolu

University/Eskisehir, Turkey.

14. Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ., Schexnaildre M. Management of Voice and Swallowing

Dysfunction Following Surgery of the Cranial Base. Breakfast Seminar #3. North

American Skull Base Society Meeting, New Orleans, October 16-18, 2009.

15. Kunduk M. Voice Disorders. 5th

National Speech and Language Association

Conference, Kusadasi-Izmir Turkey, April 30-May 2, 2009

16. Kunduk M. Dysphagia. 5th

National Speech and Language Association Conference,

Kusadasi-izmir, Turkey, April 30-May 2, 2009

17. Kunduk M. Voice Disorders and Their Treatment. Workshop in Anadolu

University/Eskisehir –Turkey. December 22-24, 2008.

18. Kunduk M. Dysphagia Treatment Techniques and Their Efficacy. 12th

Annual LBESPA

CE Workshop, April 19, 2008, Baton Rouge.

19. Kunduk M. Dysphagia, its Assessment and Treatment. Workshop in Anadolu

University/Eskisehir-Turkey. December 26-29. 2007.

20. Kunduk M. Spasmodic Dysphonia/MTD. National Speech and Language Association

Conference, Istanbul. Turkey May 2-5, 2007.

21. Kunduk M. Special Cases in Dysphagia. National Speech and Language Association

Conference, Istanbul. Turkey May 2-5, 2007.

22. Kunduk M. Voice Disorders and Treatment. Workshop in Anadolu University/Eskisehir

–Turkey. December 25-29. 2006.

23. Kunduk M., Carroll L., Eysholdt U., Behlau M. Voice Laboratory Panel. World Voice

Conference, Istanbul, Turkey June 19-22, 2006.

24. Mc Whorter A., Kunduk M,. Schnexaildre M. Treatment of Voice Disorders. Baton

Rouge Area Speech-Language Pathology, February 4, 2006.

AWARDS

Participant award in the Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program at the Center for Scientific

Review (CSR), National Institute of Health (www.csr.nih.gov/ECR) 2012.

Participant award, 2nd

American Speech and Hearing Association-2nd Annual Clinical Practice

Research Institute, 2010.

ABEA 3rd

place poster award. Hanby, DF*, McWhorter J A, Kunduk M. Repair of

Pharyngocutaneous Fistula after Total Laryngectomy: A Novel Endoscopic Approach. 2008

Combined Otolaryngology Societies Meeting (COSM) Orlando, Florida.

Aneesha Virani* (LSU-COMD) recipient of the American-Speech-Language Hearing

Foundation's Graduate Student Scholarship for International Students, 2010.

Mentor: Kunduk M.

Allison Gish*(LSU–COMD) recipient of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s

Students Preparing for Academic Research Careers (SPARC) Award, 2009.

Mentor: Kunduk M.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

Faculty Research Travel Award, 2007, 2008, 2013

TEACHING AND MENTORING

Graduate Courses

COMD 7383 Cleft Plate

COMD 7783 Dysphagia

COMD 7382 Voice Disorders

COMD 7780 Seminar (Voice/Swallowing disorders)

Master Theses:

Major Professor:

Master thesis (COMD 8000) spring semester 2015(student: LP)

Master thesis (COMD 8000) spring semester 2008(student: BD)

Master thesis (COMD 8000) spring semester 2009 (student: RLeB)

Master thesis (COMD 8000) spring semester 2010(student: AG)

Master thesis (COMD 8000) spring semester 2013(student: SH)

Master thesis (COMD 8000) spring semester 2013(student: AL)

Committee Member:

MT (LSU – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering) (expected graduation: May 2015)

SRT (LSU – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering(expected graduation: May 2015)

TS. (COMD)

LCL. (COMD)

TmcCR. (COMD)

RS. (Department of Mechanical Engineering)

Dissertations

Major Professor:

M V 2014 (expected graduation: May 2018)

AV. 2007- 2012(COMD)

AG. 2010-2012(not completed) (COMD)

Committee Member:

JJ. 2007- 2012 (COMD)

ZW. 2009-2012 (Department of Mechanical Engineering)

JC. 2010-2014 (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Local Instructional Activities (Lecturer):

1. Kunduk M. Videostroboscopy. Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Residence

Training Lecture Series, August 24, 2014.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

2. Kunduk M. Assessment of Dysphagia. LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck

Surgery, Residence Training Didactic Day, August 3, 2014 3. Kunduk M. Mc Whorter A., Schnexaildre M Deep South Conference, Baton Rouge.

Dysphagia and its Treatment in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, April 27, 2012.

4. Loehn B*., Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ. Diagnosis and Treatment of Spasmodic

Dysphonia. . LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Residence Training

Didactic Day, April5, 2011.

5. Kunduk M. Videostroboscopy. Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Residence

Training Lecture Series, August 24, 2010.

6. Kunduk M. Assessment of Dysphagia. LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck

Surgery, Residence Training Didactic Day, August 3, 2010.

7. Kunduk M., McWhorter AJ., Schexnaildre M. Management of Voice and Swallowing

Dysfunction Following Surgery of the Cranial Base. Ground Rounds Lecture for

LSUHSC- LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Residence Training,

December 2009.

8. Kunduk M. Principles of Voice Therapy: Voice Anatomy, Physiology, and Clinical

Evaluation, LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Residence Training

Didactic Day, September 1, 2009.

9. Kunduk M. Voice Therapy: Voice for treatment of Common Voice Disorders,

LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Residence Training Didactic Day,

September 1, 2009.

10. Kunduk M. Videostroboscopy.LSUHSC- Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery,

Residence training lecture series, September 8, 2009.

11. Kunduk M. Videostroboscopy. University Medical Center, Lafayette, November 17,

2008.

12. Kunduk M. Videostroboscopy. LSUHSC-Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery,

Residence training lecture series November /11/2008.

13. Kunduk M. Dysphagia following skull base surgery, April 20, 2008 LSUHSC-

Otolaryngology –Head and Neck Surgery, Ground Rounds Lecture.

14. Kunduk M. Assessment and management of Speech and Swallowing Treatments in

Special Populations. Victory Educators LLC, Skill building Seminars for therapy

professionals. Baton Rouge June 6, 2008

15. Kunduk M. Videostroboscopy. LSUHSC-otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery,

9/11/2007.

16. Kunduk M. LSU-COMD. Brown Bag Series. Transoral Laser microsurgery in

Treatment of Recurrent Glottic and Supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma in Previously

Irradiated Patients. LSU-COMD. Brown Bag Series. Presenter on 9/27/ 2007.

SERVICES

Departmental:

1. Acquisition of KayPENTAX Digital Video Stroboscopy System, Model 9295, June

2013

2. Graduate Student Supervisor for non-traditional students (2011- )

3. Search chair for hiring two new tenure track assistant professor (2011-2013)

4. COMD-Departmental Graduate and Undergraduate Research Travel Award

Administrator (2010- )

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

5. Doctoral Program Committee; 2009-10

6. IRB Representative; June 2007-

7. Budget Committee: 2007-08

8. Graduate Admissions Committee (2007- 2012)

9. Search committee member for departmental Administrative Assistant (2013).

10. Departmental P&T member, 2012, 2013

11. Space Committee 2014-

University

1. Research Affiliate of the Life Course and Aging Center (LCAC).

2. Provisional Application for Patent for the Volume Monitor Device by the LSU.

3. Dean’s representative (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

4. Development of Voice and Speech Assessment and Treatment App.

Together with Drs. Yun Kim ( LSU-COMD) and Gerald Knapp (LSU – Department

of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering)

Professional

Member of ASHA 2014 Convention Voice, Alaryngeal and Resonance Committee

Reviewer for Scholarly Journals:

Laryngoscope

JSHLR

Annals of Otology Rhinology and Laryngology

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Workshop/Seminar Organizations:

1. Kunduk M. A Unique Tracheostomy Tube System. April 29, 2014, LSU-COMD

Baton Rouge LA. Presenter: Kim Appel M.A., CCC-SLP

2. M. Kunduk. Rehabilitation after total laryngectomy Workshop for LSUHSC –Dept.

of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residents, Presenter: Dr. Hilgers. May

17, 2013 Baton Rouge.

3. Kunduk M. Rehabilitation after total laryngectomy Workshop for Speech and

language pathologist. May 18, 2013 New Orleans. Presenter: Dr. Hilgers

4. Kunduk M. A Unique Tracheostomy Tube System. Presenter Kim Appel M.A.,

CCC-SLP. October 17-18, 2012, OLOLRMC, Boton Rouge.

5. Kunduk M. A Unique Tracheostomy Tube System. Presenter Kim Appel M.A.,

CCC-SLP. October 17-18, 2012, LSU-COMD, Baton Rouge

6. McWhorter AJ, Kunduk M. Transnasal Esophagoscopy Course. New Orleans,

October 7, 2004.

7. McWhorter AJ, Kunduk M. Transnasal Esophagoscopy Course. New Orleans, June

27, 2004.

8. McWhorter AJ, Kunduk M. Transnasal Esophagoscopy Course. New Orleans, April

16, 2005.

9. McWhorter AJ, Kunduk M. Transnasal Esophagoscopy Course. New Orleans,

March 11, 2005.

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

10. Kunduk M. Traceosophageal Voice Restoration. Presenter: Dr. Eric Blom.

November 4, 2006 Baton Rouge.

11. McWhorter AJ, Kunduk M. Transnasal Esophagoscopy Course. New York,

November 10, 2007

12. Kunduk M. Student and Instructor instrumentation training, Presenter: Paul Arcell,

KAYPENTAX Representative. October 17-18, 2007, Baton Rouge.

13. Kunduk M. KAYPENTAX Product Specialist. Student and Instructor

instrumentation training, Presenter: Christopher Grose, KAYPENTAX Product

Specialist. October, 2009.Baton Rouge.

14. Kunduk M. Objective Assessment of Vocal Fold Vibratory Function. Presenters:

Drs. Michael Doellinger and Daniel Voigt, 2/18/2011, LSU-COMD.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

8/16/2012- Associate Professor, LSU Department of Communication Sciences and

Disorders, Baton Rouge, LA

8/21/2006- Assistant Professor, LSU Department of Communication Sciences and

Disorders, Baton Rouge, LA.

8/21/2006- Adjunct Professor, LSUHSC-Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

New Orleans.

8/21/2006- Adjunct Professor, LSU-SAHP Department of communication

Disorders, New Orleans, LA

2/3/2006 - Adjunct Professor, LSU-Life Course and Aging Center

9/1/2003-8/19/2006 Assistant Professor, LSU/SAHP Department of Communication

Disorders, New Orleans, LA.

14/7/97-8/31/2002 Research Assistant University Hospitals and Clinics-Department of

Surgery/Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of

Wisconsin-Madison.

1/11//90-1/7/97 Speech pathologist, International Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE 1998 present American Speech and Hearing Association

1997-2002 Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association

2003-present Louisiana Speech and Hearing Association

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS 1998 present American Speech and Hearing Association

1997-2002 Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association

2003-present Louisiana Speech and Hearing Association

2006-present Dysphagia Research Society

A PROVISIONAL PATENT Applications:

Application I:

The Volume Monitor Device (Provisional Application for Patent filled by the LSU in

2010). Discontinued

Melda Kunduk Ph.D.

Application II

A provisional patent application has been filed for HSCNO-2013-12, "Quick Vibratory

Profile for High-Speed Videoendoscopy Recording." The provisional application serial

number is 61/725,211. Discontinued

Patrick E. Reed

Director, Office of Technology Management

LSU Health Sciences Center- New Orleans

433 Bolivar St., Suite 827

New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Tel: (504) 568-3619

Fax: (504) 568-5588

http://www.lsuhsc.edu/administration/otm/